As Greater Boston's community foundation, the Boston Foundation is focused on the myriad of factors which make our city unique and successful. With an emphasis on strengthening this region's competitiveness in the global economy, the Foundation works with many partners to publish cutting edge research, hold public forums, and convene task forces of experts and stakeholders to create action agendas for real change.
The Boston Foundation is pleased to announce that, for the first time ever, couples will co-chair the Annual Campaign for Civic Leadership. Dwight and Kirsten Poler will be joined by Phill and Liz Gross to lead this important fundraising effort.
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Each October, Success Boston and the Boston Public Schools are bringing together the knowledge and resources to put Boston Publi Schools students in the best possible position to get in and succeed in postsecondary programs and careers. It's College Month 2019.
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Twelve remarkable mid-career artists have been selected as the 2019 class of Brother Thomas Fellows, receiving unrestricted $15,000 grants to further their work, made possible by a remarkable legacy gift
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A new interim report from Abt Associates finds a positive impact for Success Boston college coaching - and shows that more Boston Public Schools graduates are not only starting in college - they are staying.
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A piece in the Dorchester Reporter highlights the impact of The Shout Syndicate Fund grantee the Hip-Hop Transformation, who will use their grant to expand their summer work giving teenagers music industry experience to a year-round opportunity.
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WBUR showcases demographic changes that were highlighted in the Boston Indicators' report "Changing Faces of Greater Boston" as they look at the rising number of Latino and other minority candidates for Boston City Council.
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The Boston Globe highlights the expansion of Entrepreneurship for All (EforAll) to Roxbury, made possible in part by a grant from the Boston Foundation.
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The Fair Observer interviews Ambreen Butt, a Pakistani-American painter and miniaturist and a Brother Thomas Fellow in Boston in 2015, who now displays her work in Texas.
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Success Boston college coaching has proven an effective support for Boston Public Schools graduates working their way through postsecondary education. A new report from Abt Associates looks at the impact of expanding the program to 1000 BPS graduates per graduating class, and whether the program has had a residual impact on all BPS students' ability to persist.
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Our 16th exploration of Greater Boston housing finds that efforts to undo the legacy of redlining have not been enough to fix the region’s housing equity and segregation issues.
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A new report from Boston Indicators and the Greater Boston Immigrant Defense Fund explores the impact of changes to federal immigration policies on legal immigration channels for thousands of immigrants and their families in Massachusetts.
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The 8th Annual Boston Opportunity Agenda Report Card examines how Boston public school, charter and Catholic school students are performing on key metrics from early childhood through college. New this year: an examination of how ready Boston high school graduates are for postsecondary work.
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The Summer 2019 edition of TBF News highlights recent work from Boston Indicators on immigration and the changing demographics of Boston, and explores the challenges facing the Greater Boston housing market - plus education news and the announcement of two new Boston Foundation board members.
